Chapter 2- The day just wears on.

Taker sat at the bar of the hotel, his head rested on the table as he called for another round of drinks. Just as his glass was slid across the table and to his direction, did a hand just as large as his stop it. Slowly he looked up and watched the thief take a sip of the beverage. "It's ok, it's just Sprite!" called out the familiar voice.

"Leave me alone Kane," muttered the Undertaker.

"What happened to you? Get dumped by someone, or something?" Kane asked as he took a seat next to his fictional older brother. Taker told him what happened that day and how he got slapped in the face to top it all off. Kane cringed along with him as he saw the hand print on the side of his face. It wasn't long before the others joined the bar side.

Triple H, Edge, Orton and Jeff Hardy sat around and heard the Deadman's story. "To top it all off, she cursed me… I think," he said as he raised his head off the table. "I'm getting too old for this"

"That's a new one, cursed! What she say would happen?" asked Orton.

Taker mentioned that his friends would become monsters from his flesh and blah, blah, blah. Kane snickered to the idea of it and knew not to take it seriously. "She probably read Stephen King's Thinner too many times. I'll bet an autograph would have gotten her off your back"

"Naw, this was the full out crazy, like the girl that gave me a vial of her blood. That's a vampire thing"

"Well you can look at the bright side. You're made aware of other people's cultures" said Triple H with a smirk on his face.

"Not funny Hunter" snapped back Edge. "This is to be taken very seriously"

Kane agreed, it was the last thing on his list was to insult someone for his or her personal belief. The curse idea though sounded beyond ridiculous, but he wasn't going to take it light heartedly. "Tell you what, tonight, we go our for some pool. We'll play a bit and I'll buy you a round of Jack Daniels how about that?" Kane asked.

"Sounds good to me, in the mean time. I'm going to go up stairs and lick my wounds" Taker muttered as he went to his hotel room.

Orton watched him leave and gave a snicker aloud. "Curses" he said with a grin before taking a drink of water.

"Orton, again. Don't perpetuate it!" snapped Edge and Kane. Ironically both men said the same thing at the same time. Kane had an uneasy feeling about all of this, not to mention a sick notion came over him. But the day grew worst. Kane remained in the bar as he watched the local news. Apparently late breaking news was just announced on the TV. But there wasn't much information to go on. Apparently someone was seriously hurt just a few blocks away from the hotel. But no details were given. The pit only grew deeper in Kane's stomach as he felt this was all connected somehow.

By the late evening, before the guys were to head out. Kane was able to see what happened on the news. Apparently a young woman threw herself over a bridge, she was alive when fished out. But has since died in hospital. Such news though, he kept to himself. Taker had finally felt better about the day and announced he was ready to kick some ass in pool. They headed out to enjoy a boy's night out.

Kane invited others like the Hardy Boys, CM Punk, Chris Jericho and a well-healed Batista to join in the games. But as the night wore on, the guys began to feel strange. Sick in a sense. And none felt more ill than Kane. He had snacked on chicken wings and a beer before going to the bathroom and be ill of it all. His stomach emptied itself as he couldn't understand why he felt so sick. When he came out, the guys were all laughing aloud at him. "What's wrong Kane? Beer too strong for you?" Asked Batista with a smirk.

"Coming from the man drinking Malibu rum and club soda" Kane snapped back.

"Lay off of Kane" shouted the Undertaker. "Now, we going to play some pool or not?"

Kane endured the night playing pool with the Deadman, yet soon found himself not the only one ill from the snacks and drinks. Orton was sick a few minutes later as everyone else felt ok. Kane however didn't look too good, Hunter instantly noticed. "Kane? You ok? You look rather pale!"

Kane couldn't answer. He found the room was spinning as he fainted to the ground…